Biographical account of the prose writer, poet and folklorist Bill Scott based on an interview October 1985. (Student assignment for the subject: Arts in Australia.)

Letter re receipt of Shaw Neilson poems and acceptance by the newspaper The Herald of a poem by Douglas Stewart, which was inspired by Val Vallis.
Accompanied by explanatory note by Val Vallis on University of Queensland paper.

Letter to Val Vallis declining to speak at a conference.

Invitation and greeting cards of historic interest.
Includes invitation to Brisbane City Council Centenary Meeting, 1959, and the official opening of the Warana Spring Festival 1972.
Also includes a letter 30 Sep 1919 to Mr Fisher [father of Len] from the Southport School.

Paper for the Catholic Poetry Society of Queensland, 15 Apr 1939. Typescript, signed by author.

Inspection report on the Wau-Edie Creek, Bulldog-Terapo Road, by Col. Sverdrup who was a U.S. engineer of the Office of the Chief Engineer, Southwest Pacific Area, General Headquarters, giving details of the construction of the Bulldog-Wau Road in specific sections and estimation of time, cost and labor to complete it. The report is accompanied by 34 photographs and a map.
Dated 24 April 1943.

Letter responds to controversy re naming of Reid River, and circumstances of discovery of the site of Townsville. Identity of addressee unknown. Envelope included. Holograph, on blue notepaper (damaged).

Letter reports author's arrival in Rockhampton and execution of instructions re road surveys.
Author could be A.C. Macmillan, but draft appears to be in a different hand.

Typescript, signed by author. Handwritten note by author: 'Five-minute paper written for Paul L. Grano's Poetry Circle, May 1940.'